Lago Kalterer and Meldelpass – loop tour Trodena park

In the Val di Non between Mezzocorona and Mendola Pass there are now really good parallel cycle paths. Really great!

Cold and rain at the top, sizzled by the sun in the valleys 🥰 The pass was surprisingly easy to drive. It wasn't too busy either. The 2-3 idiots are just always and everywhere on the go. 🤷

Today, height instead of width⛰Racing bike tour via Tramin, Kalterersee on the Mendola Pass into Nonstal. Surprised by the thunderstorm on the pass Ri. Lake Molveno and back🔁

On our last day in Italy we wanted to do another pass ride and chose the Passo Mendola. We were not disappointed. First, the journey went directly through the vineyards and apple orchards to the foot of the pass, which rises comfortably and provides breathtaking panoramas. You don't even know where to look first. The descent was then almost continuous to the starting point, so the whole time downhill and fast road surfaces. Really a fitting final trip for a great vacation in Italy 😎☀️🍦👍🚲

Again in the proven five-round route, the climb to the Mendel Pass is very beautiful, gradient evenly about 7%

Awesome tour! Traffic was a bit annoying at times before the turnoff to Mendel in Ronzone, but after that, I was almost alone. The bike path to Ronzone is also nice in places. The section to Penegal is pretty battered, with lots of gravel and some steep sections (especially steep on gravel) – but it's absolutely worth it 😁

The second day offered the opportunity to ride a well-known and open pass with like-minded people: the Mendel Pass. Since we expected that there would be plenty of mopeds and other motorized vehicles on Sunday, we skipped the Gampen from the start and instead took the quiet loop uphill via Mezzocorona back to Kurtatsch. Experienced cyclists had previously claimed that, usually after 3 p.m., the freshening south wind would practically push us back to Kurtatsch: the exception proved the rule: it didn't; the wind had changed its mind by a 180°... Nevertheless, it was a beautiful, albeit at times very windy, tour. A quick refreshment in Kurtinig saved us by replenishing the calories we'd burned in the headwind and making it to the finish at the "Terzer."

The Val di Non is one of our standard routes. Normally, however, we go anti-clockwise via the Mendel Pass, Fondo and Cles. It was only in 2022 that we discovered the Passo Predaia, which is on the southeastern side of the valley. There is more traffic there, but for the most part there is a good cycle path. We still prefer to do the loop with the watch, as the cycle path then goes uphill and not downhill. Why the first 23 km of the route are missing from the GPS is a mystery to me, but I think you can find the start anyway. The last detour onto the Etsch cycle path was just to refill our energy reserves at s'Standl, where there are all kinds of delicacies.